AP Bio (Period 6) Assignments

Water Diary and Personal Audit Due:


You will be expected create and analyze a water diary that you will have recorded over a period of seven days detailing your overall water use. This should include ANY water that you use in your daily life.

You will be expected to calculate your overall water use for the year based on your sampling.

You will be expected to extrapolate what impact this behavior would have on our city if all Angelenos duplicated your water usage.


Make sure in doing your audit that you:

Follow the SWH guidelines, especially the last 3 sections
Include all sources and calculations

All starting questions should relate to water usage

You can use the following site as a benchmark for how much water is used during certain activities. YOU MAY HAVE TO FIND OTHER SOURCES FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES NOT LISTED.

Also make sure you include at least THREE things personally that you could do to impact water usage on a personal and community level.

Do Inv Chap 36 Investigation: How Is the Rate of Transpiration Calculated?

this is going to be crucial as it may appear on your AP Exam


Good luck and enjoy Monday's Victory!

REVIEW STP using the below link

Make sure that you answer the POST-lab questions in addition to calculating the Chi-Squared value for the data.

Remember:

You are supposed total sample A and sample B first, then based on what your hypothesis is about the effect of lectin on mitosis, you will decide which sample is treated vs. which sample is the control.

AFTER THIS SET, THEN YOU WILL FILL OUT THE TABLES AND CALCULATE THE CHI-SQUARED VALUE.

MAKE SURE YOU ANSWER THE POST-LAB QS (EXCEPT THE LEPTIN Q) AND INCLUDE YOUR HYPOTHESIS FOR IDing SAMPLE A and SAMPLE B ON THE LAB OR ON A LOOSE LEAF PAPER


Also make sure you complete the Investigation for Chap 13:  How Can the Frequency of Crossing Over Be Estimated?

SWHs Due (4 and 5)

Use the below picture for SWH 4a

Please email each SWH separately

Also be sure to include Qs for all the labs in a separate email (except for those questions included in your SWH)

All work is to be submitted by 12 noon except for SWH Lab 2 (SAT noon depending on outcome)

Test corrections due on Monday

SWH on Chi Squared analysis

We will go over an example in class to make sure we understand how it works.  Test will be on Wednesday.

Will cover DNA to protein, heredity but no recombination frequency calculations.

DNA Simulation due

•Ch 14 SISTS
•CH 15 ECSI
One email please

Reminder:

You have a mini-test on our Ecology Unit

All things non-matter cycle related will be on the test with a focus on free energy

Finish the Succession Simulation activity in your notebooks answering the following questions:

In the game, events occur at random. Does this reflect how events, such as fires, occur in time in real ecosystems?


The outcome of interactions in the game also has a random component, it depends on the draw of a card. How does this reflect real species interactions?


In the game, demographic events, such as reproduction and mortality, are occurring independent of population size. Is this realistic?

In your ecosystem portrait, where most of the organisms from the pioneer, seral, or climax stage?  Was this expected based on what we know about succession?

“Environmentalists of the group Earth Brigade are asking the government to ban all grazing in Lorax National Forest. They believe that if the park manager continues to allow cattle to graze in the forest, that soon there will be no Borogrove grass in the forest. The rancher who owns the cattle that are in the forest has told the government that grazing is good for the forest. Grazing encourages the Grickle grass to grow, and the Grickle grass helps the Borogrove grass. The park manager at Lorax National Forest has been telling his boss and others in the government, that grazing makes no difference. Who is right? What happens if we remove grazing? If the decision is made to allow grazing, how often should it happen?”

Earth Idol song competitions submissions due

Even if you have Pd 6.  Make sure both songs are submitted in either electronic or written form

Rough Draft for Project Due

Turn in CR Lab

Test Corrections Due

Test on Cell/Virus/Bacterial Unit

SWH on Osmosis/Diffusion (Can be submitted by 12 noon 11/19 AT THE LATEST)

Please make sure you do Lab Bench Lab 1 Diffusion and Osmosis as a substitute for 1st part of lab. The link is on the left side of the Campbell Website Menu below "Case book" and above "Campbell Interviews" http://wps.aw.com/bc_campbell_biology_7/25/6655/1703918.cw/index.html

Only do Exercise #1 The other parts you already have data for

On Finals day the Photo/CR presentations are due.

Please make sure you bring the video or all necessary materials for your skit.

Use the http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/gene-machine-lac-operon
website in order to familiarize yourself with operon function.

Be sure to play with the simulator to see:

How does the concentration of Lactose affect:

the transcription of the regulator gene
the enzymatic activity of lactase

HW

Chap 18 ECSISTS

SHORT ANSWER


An experiment was conducted to measure the reaction rate of the human salivary enzyme a amylase. Ten mL of a concentrated starch solution and 1.0 mL of a amylase solution were placed in a test tube. The test tube was inverted several times to mix the solution and then incubated at 25C. The amount of product (maltose) present was measured every 10 minutes for an hour. The results are given in the table below.

0 sec 0 mg x 10-3/ml
10 5.1
20 8.6
30 10.4
40 11.1
50 11.2
60 11.5



(d) Identify TWO environmental factors that can change the rate of an enzyme-mediated reaction. Discuss how each of those two factors would affect the reaction rate of an enzyme.

Exam on Organ Chem/metabolism unit

Turn in INV Chap 8 on Catalase on Wed

I've attached the Oiling of America ppt as a review on how the properties of some organic molecules determine their affect on physiology. After reviewing the information on this powerpoint (if you were in class, you saw portions of the video) you may want to ask yourself the following questions:


1. What are the biological impacts of having a high-cholesterol diet based on the data presented?

2. Should high levels of cholesterol be "bad" based on what we know about its biological use?

3. How does the chemical structure of saturated vs. unsaturated fats determine how they impact our bodies on a molecular level?

Enzyme Lab SWH due

Answer the following questions.


1. Based on the reactants and products, give the chemical equation for the reaction from the lab.


2. List the control for each experiment. What information did you get from each experiment?


3. What is the different qualitative or quantitative? Give me an two examples of how you could change the lab to have the data be quantitative and one example on how you could make it qualitative.


4. Based on what you know about H202, where would you expect this enzyme to be produced? Why is it even necessary?

Unit 2 Test
Be sure to :

•Study at least three of the theories that explain biogenesis
–Study the commonalities that all cells have and be able to explain how this supports evolutionary theory
–Review Cladograms

Bring to class your answers for the CASE STUDY on a SEPARATE sheet of paper.

Provide explanations for your answers

Unit 1 Test - Evolution


Required VDP for Chapter 23/24

Population genetics, population, gene pool, mutations, genetic drift, bottleneck effect, founder effect, gene flow, geographic variation, cline, fitness, relative fitness directional selection, disruptive selection, stabilizing selection, sexual selection, sexual dimorphism, intrasexual selection, intersexual selection.

Speciation, anagenesis, cladogenesis, biological species concept, reproductive isolation, prezygotic barriers, postzygotic barriers, allopatric speciation, sympatric speciation, adaptive radiation, punctuated equilibrium, polyploidy, allopolyploidy,

Human embryonic slits vs. gill slits? Implications? (Cite Answers)
1. What is this article’s stance on the evidence used to support Darwin’s theory of evolution?
2. What were the impact of Haeckel’s homologies? Would they be further supported based on what we know now?
3. What does this article show us about the relationship between ideologies and scientific research?
4. How would our current understanding of biology impact Darwin’s ToE if he were here today?

Hardy-Weinberg Lab due:


Make sure your SWH initial question(s) reflects allele frequencies and discusses AT LEAST one of the five essential HW conditions.

Also include in your SWH the answers to the following HW worksheet pdf attached below:



http://www.radford.edu/~rsheehy/Gen_flash/popgen/

Key Words: Natural selection, evolutionary adaptation, evolution, catastrophism, gradualism, descent with modification, artificial selection, homology, vestigial organs, biogeography, endemic, (VDP charts)
Self-Quiz
13 Qs
Evolution Connection & Scientific Inquiry pg 453

Be able to define Key Words: Biological Organization, Tree of Life, Discovery Science, Hypothesis-Based Science using VDP
Self-Quiz Review
Be able to design an experiment using HBS
Come up with 5 questions
Evolution Connection & Scientific Inquiry pg 29

Bring an artifact to class of something with sentimental and emotional value.  Be able to explain it's significance.

(Can't be something that is electronic or something that you usually bring with you!)